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Originally Posted by verbal41
Google's Dan Morrill @ Nov 17th 2009 11:26AM
Yes, this is exactly what is happening.
There's a rounding-error bug in the camera driver's autofocus routine (which uses a timestamp) that causes autofocus to behave poorly on a 24.5-day cycle. That is, it'll work for 24.5 days, then have poor performance for 24.5 days, then work again.
The 17th is the start of a new "works correctly" cycle, so the devices will be fine for a while. A permanent fix is in the works.
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I can somewhat verify the validity of this. If you set your phones date/clock to a few days prior, the issues resurface.
Either way, good news to know that the problem is software related and it should be fine to take pictures for the next 24 days or so. That should time perfectly with a December 11th software update.
No need for conspiracy theories. :-)